St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-22

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Said board shall enter all names in said regis
ters alphabetically by ,urnames; they shall en-
ter therein the names of all persons residing in
their election district whose names appear on
the poll lists kept in said district at the last
preceding election as having voted thereat, eX-
cept suah as are known to the board to have
since died, removed from the district or become
disqualified; and far known any of
said board, the proper entries shall be made op
posite each name in the different columns of
said registers In addition TO the names on such
poll lists, the board shall enter in said registers
the names Of all persons who shall personally
appear before them for registration. One of the
judges of election shall administer TO all persons
appearing for registration the following oath or
affirmation:
You do soemnly swear Tor affirm that you
will fully and truly answer such ques-
ing your place OF residence, name, place
OF birth, your qualifications as an elector, and
your right to regis er and vote under the laws
of this state" One of thu judges shall then ask
each OF the said persons the questions necessary
TO properly fill up the spaces opposite the names
OF such persons in the various columns OF the
registers. The clerks or other members of the
board, shall en- the names of such persons in
the regist ers, and the answers to The questions
in the appropriate columns therein. In the col
uInn headed Residence" shall be entered the
name and number OF the street, OF other loca-
tion of the dwelling, If there be definite num-
Der; if not. such clear and definite description
of the place of such dwelling us shall enable
it to be readily ascertained If more than one
family be residing in the house, there shall be
entered the floor on which the applicant re-
sides, or the number of the room or rooms occu-
pied by him. The registers shall be ruled, and
one name shall be written on each line: but no
name shall be written between the lines, and il
the name of any person be written such per-
son shall not be enti6led allowed to vote. IN
less his name shall also appear properly written
on a line i'll said register. AT the end OF each
days registry the hoard shall carefully compare
the registers and make them 10 correspond and
agree and the judges of election shall sign their
names at the end of the list on every page of
such registers, so that 10 new name can be added
without discovery, and shall also sign and at
tach TO such registers certificate, in substance
as following:
I'VE, the undersigned, judges of election
in the --- district OF the -- ward,
of the city of --, in the State of Mime
sofa, do jointly and severaily certify that, at
the general registration of electors in
such election district on the - day of
--eighteen hundred and ----, there
were registered by us i'll said election precinct
! the names which in this book inserted, and
that the number OF registered and qualified vot-
ers was and is the number of ---- number
to be written in figures and in words.") Such
registers shall, before ten o'clock in the fore
noon OF the next dav, be deposited by one of
said board in the office of the city clerk or re-
corder whose duty it shall be to safely keep the
same.
SEC "a. On Tuesday, two weeks preceding
any general election, and on the thirteenth day
preceding any special election, said board OF
registration shall again meet, at the same place
as before, and remain in public session from
nine o'clock in the forenoon until seven o'clock
in the afternoon, for the purnose of registering
ali qualified voters whose names are not vet
registered and who shall apply in person for
the purpose. They shall obtain from the city
clerk recorder, and use, the same registers as
on the first day. The same forms shall be OBJ
served in regard to registration as were re-
CURED upon the first day of registration AT the
end of such day s registration the registers shall
be com pared and made to agree. and shall be
signed as at the end of the first days registra-
ton, and similar certificates attached thereto.
It shall be The duty OF the clerks of election
composing said board, during the session OF
that day and before the board adjournS, to
make a copy of all the names upon such regis
tiers, together with the addresses indicated
in such registers. Immediately after its COM
pletion, said copy shall be couspicuously posted
up outside the place OF registration, with a no.
tlce OF the time when said board OF registration
will meet tor compilation and final cor
rection Of the registers, and shall be
accessible to any elector who may
desire to examine copy the same.
The registers shall be returned by one of said
board to the Office Of the city clerk re-
corder before ten o'clock On the forenoon of the
day next succeeding such registration. 5v
SEC. rs. On Tuesday, one week preceding
the day of any general election, and on the dav
one week preceding any special election said
board of registration shall again meet, at the
same place as before, for the completion and
again obtain the registers before used
| from the city clerks or recorders office. and
| Shall DE in session from twelve O'Clock, noon,
| until nine O'Clock in the afternoon. Any quail
| fed elector, not already registered, may apply
| TO said board to have his name inserted in said
registers: the same rules for registration re-
| CURED ON previous days shall be observed by
the board. 1t shall be the duty of said board to
erase from the registers the name Of any person
inserted therein who shall be proved on the oath
of two qualified electors OF such district, to the
| satisfaction of board
qualified to vote in such district at the ensuing
election. At the end of the session the registers!
| shall he again compared and made to agree and
correspond, and shall be signed and certified by
the board, as before, and deposited in the city
clerks or recorders Office. Before the said board
adjourn or separate they shall prepare q CODY of
al the names and their respective addresses ap-
| pearing upon such registers, and pcsv the same
conspicuously, forthwith, outside the place OF
| reglSt ration.
SEC 76 Whenever it shall appear, by the
answers of an applicant for registration, or shall
! be known to the board of registry that the ap-
plicant was registered in another district in the
| same city than the az which he makes mis-
| application the board shall not enter his name
| in said registers until he produces certificate
OF removal to be given him by the BOARD OF
such other district, which may be in the follow
ing s;,j form:
| heretofore residing at --, in this election
district. has been by US the board Of registry of
| this district, stricken from the registration of
this precinct, at his request, upon his affidavit
| OF removal. Inc 1OliOWInp entries appear upon
the register of this election district concerning
him tadd entries in various columns of register).
| Signed BY the board Of registry OF former place
! OF registration. The above certificate shall be
granted by such board upon and only upon the
| applicant making and subscribing the following
affidavit. which shall be written, or printed,
| upon the back of such certificate:
| Il, ---, do soleInnly swear Tor affirm
that 1 now reside at street and nunber) in
ward numbered --, in The city of -: that
l am duly entered as qualified voter in the
registers of the - district i'll the - ward
| of said city as residing ct number - (street
OR avenue): that l have removed from the said
| aforementioned residence, and do hereby request
the proper entries and record be made, and that
nv name be erased from the registers of the
| aforementioned district and certificate of re-
| moval furnished me-"
| Ii person remove from one place in dis
! trict TO another place III the same district. his
vote shall not be received at any election unless
| he appear personally before the board OF regis
tration and cause the registers to be changed.
SEC. a. The vote of person whose name
| does not appear said registers as qualified
| voter shall be received by the judges at any
| election: except the vote of person whose
| name was registered and erased, as provided II
the last section, and who takes the oath and
makes the proof required by section eighty.
SEC. IS On the day preceding any cleo
| tion, the judges of election shall procure sucf
| registers from the Office of the city clerk or re-
| cordcr one being procured by judge represent.
| ing one of the two leading political parties ant
the O. her by judge representing the other y
the two leading political parties: the ballot boXe:
snail De delivered 10 the clerks of election will
the keys thereof and with poll books and al
| blanks and stationery necessary for such cleo
| ton.
SEC. 70. The election shall be conducted al
| hereinbefOre provided, except required by Jh
| next section.
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